Practice Areas

Michelle Litteken represents clients in bid protests at the Government Accountability Office and the Court of Federal Claims and in size and status protests at the Small Business Administration and the Office of Hearings and Appeals. She assists clients in preparing claims, requests for equitable adjustment, termination settlement proposals, and prosecutes contractor claims under the Contract Disputes Act at the Court and at the Boards of Contract Appeals. Ms. Litteken advises clients on teaming agreements and subcontracts related to public contracts, and she represents clients in disputes that arise out of those agreements. She also counsels clients on matters involving security clearances and regulatory compliance, including potential organizational conflicts of interest and SBA's HUBZone, Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, and 8(a) programs.

Prior to joining PilieroMazza, Ms. Litteken was a Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate in Mayer Brown LLP's Washington DC office. Her practice focused on government contracts matters. Before joining Mayer Brown in 2013, Ms. Litteken clerked for Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams at the United States Court of Federal Claims from 2012-2013. While at the Court, she worked on matters involving complex legal issues, including tax refund claims, bid protests, claims brought under the Contract Disputes Act, and takings claims. Before her clerkship, Ms. Litteken was a litigation associate in Paul Hasting LLP's Washington DC office.

“The Impact of FCA Enforcement on Federal Procurement Law and Other Nontraditional Areas — Time for a Change?” ABA 10th National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam Enforcement, May 20, 2014

“Deja Review: The Standard of Review of GAO Decisions at the Federal Circuit and the Court of Federal Claims,” Bloomberg BNA, Apr. 30, 2014 (with Marcia Madsen and Cameron Hamrick of Mayer Brown)

Contributing Author, "State False Claims Acts: A Practitioner's Guide to the False Claims Laws of the Various States," American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, 2014

Professional Activities & Honors

Ms. Litteken is the Vice Chair of two American Bar Association Public Contracts Law Section Committees: Bid Protests, and Contracts Claims and Dispute Resolution

Member of the board of the Court of Federal Claims Bar Association Newly Admitted Attorneys Division

Rising Star, Washington D.C. Super Lawyers Magazine, 2017-2018.
Super Lawyers has recognized Ms. Litteken as a top government contracts lawyer under 40 by naming her to the 2018 list of Rising Stars in Government Contracts Law.